How to Attract the Birds 



A Florida jay, which was noisily searching in 

 the palmetto scrub behind us for a mouthful of food 

 to carry home to her fledglings, was evidently more 

 discriminating in her choice than the equally un- 



The dove's mismanaged nursery 



taught human mother, for she rejected as unfit 

 many insects which she, herself, would gladly have 

 swallowed. 



Many birds have one diet for their babies and 

 another, quite different, for themselves, only the seed- 

 eaters reverse our ideas and give their strongest meat 

 to babes. However strict vegetarians certain of the 

 finch tribe may be at maturity, they provide for the 

 nursery a variety of insects. These are not often 

 given alive and squirming, but after they have been 



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